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Mercury Rev

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All Time

of 149,987

106
Decades
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  1,598
- 2000s
  
  of 10,556
  
  747
Genres
- Alternative Rock
  
  of 5,290
  
  785
- Classic Rock
  
  of 840
  
  231
- Pop
  
  of 13,659
  
  1,594
- Rock
  
  of 8,163
  
  1,102

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Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1990s

2.3720

2000s

2.2028

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Mercury Rev is ranked overall as 3.2308 out of 4 stars

3.2308

Mercury Rev Album Rankings

Mercury Rev scores a combined 3.2381 out of 4 stars for Yerself Is Steam

Yerself Is Steam (3.2381)

Music dictated not by logic but by intuition,Yerself Is Steamis an album at war with itself, split by its desire to achieve both melodic pop bliss and white-noise transcendence within the same space; ...more

9.99

to

16.86

from (2) sources

Mercury Rev scores a combined 3.2065 out of 4 stars for BOCES

BOCES (3.2065)

WithBoces, Mercury Rev took everything that madeYerself Is Steamsuch an impressive debut and made their second album even more so. ...more

14.25

to

23.99

from (5) sources

Mercury Rev scores a combined 3.1786 out of 4 stars for Deserter's Songs

Deserter's Songs (3.1786)

Four albums in and Mercury Rev remain as surprising and daring as ever -- exchanging the volcanic noise and twisted sensibilities of earlier releases for ornate arrangements and ethereal strings,Deser ...more

11.97

to

26.73

from (2) sources

Mercury Rev scores a combined 3.0933 out of 4 stars for All Is Dream

All Is Dream (3.0933)

Make no mistake, this album sounds incredible: cascading orchestrations, pulsating and instantly memorable tunes, an atmosphere that's both accessible and palpably psychedelic. ...more

11.97

to

39.95

from (2) sources

Mercury Rev scores a combined 2.7353 out of 4 stars for Secret Migration

Secret Migration (2.7353)

It took me a long time to figure out exactly what was wrong withAll Is Dream. ...more

27.99

Mercury Rev scores a combined 2.6765 out of 4 stars for The Secret Migration

The Secret Migration (2.6765)

Without relying on a crutch of irony and cynicism, they boldly risk sounding cloying in order to summon the emotional honesty necessary to create music that is unabashedly romantic and achingly beauti ...more

1.98

to

20.40

from (6) sources

See You on the Other Side by Mercury Rev

Mercury Rev scores a combined 2.4105 out of 4 stars for See You on the Other Side

See You on the Other Side (2.4105)

AfterDavid Bakerleft the group for weirder pastures, the rest of Mercury Rev returned withSee You on the Other Side, an album very much in the group's expansive, experimental tradition, yet distinct f ...more